Zach Dockar-Clay says he'll do everything to seize his opportunities at Hull KR after another action-packed cameo from the bench.

The playmaker came on in the final quarter of the 20-20 draw at Featherstone to score a match-winning contender, only for Featherstone to claw their way to share the spoils.

Robins coach Tim Sheens had promised the former Junior Kiwis skipper more minutes, and following the postponement of St Helens' reserves clash against Hull FC – which Dockar-Clay was due to feature in – the KR boss threw the 21-year-old into the mix at Post Office Road as a late change for back-rower Joe Cator.

Needless to say, Dockar-Clay is taking his limited chances from the bench but his hunger for more game-time is apparent.

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"I do want to play more minutes. I'm happy to be in the team every week but if it's 50 or 60 minutes, or even 20, as long as I do my part and my team-mates are happy, that's the main thing," Dockar-Clay told the Mail. "As time goes on, hopefully I can get some more minutes under my belt.

"Sheensy gave me that call on Saturday night to let me know I was going to face Featherstone. I could have done with the full 80 for St Helens reserves to get the fitness back.

"Taking my chances doesn't do me any harm. When I'm out there I've got to put my best foot forward and do what I can. Hopefully I can get more minutes at Oldham this weekend."

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"Jordan and Jamie have been playing great footy and directing the team around well," Dockar-Clay added. "It's hard to change a side where we've been winning all of these games.

"They've been there since day one so I'm happy to be off that bench and creating that spark if I can. Lunty has been playing good footy too."

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As improvements look to be made across the board at KR, Dockar-Clay watched from the sidelines as Rovers fell to a 16-0 half-time deficit at Featherstone. Sluggish starts have been the story of KR's season before eventually fighting back to either win or draw, but the Robins playmaker says the squad are keen to be firing on all cylinders from minute one, starting with Sunday's trip to Oldham Roughyeds.

"The start needs to be improved. We've let the first try in on a couple of occasions and Featherstone did the same. If we can get out better and faster we'll be in that rhythm rather than chasing points," said Dockar-Clay. "We had a rough start but it was good to see the boys come out good in the second half. We probably had the game in the bag there with a few minutes to go and the field goal was short. We're not happy with just the point but we'd happily take it than get nothing.

"Sheensy said to get back to what we know. We got a bit hyped up – there were a few yellow cards, everyone got a bit fired up and lost their way a bit. We got to half-time, refreshed and got our confidence back."